Performance of wheat (Triticum aestivum) varieties in Eucalyptus plantation
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.59797/ija.v50i1.5063Keywords:
Eucalyptus plantation, Agroforestry, PAR, Shade level, Wheat varietiesAbstract
A field experiment was conducted for 2 crop seasons (1999-2000 and 2000-2001) at Hisar, Haryana, to study the performance of wheat (Triticum aestivum L. emend. Fiori & Paol.) genotypes in association with Euca- lyptus plantation. Among the yield attributes, the effect of shade was maximum on effective tillers and was mini- mum on test weight. The yield attributes and grain yield of wheat decreased significantly with successive in- crease in shade level from s, to S, during both the years except effective tillers/plant and test weight between S,, and S,,. The quantum of decrease in grain yield with increased shade from S, to S,, over S, was 49.2%, 29.1 %, 13.1% respectively. Among the varieties, 'PBW 343' yielded highest followed by 'PBW 175'. The yield re- duction was least in 'IWP 72'.References
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